Franken reports nearly $4 million in campaign funds

U.S. Sen. Al Franken continues to bring in a steady flow of cash in his campaign for re-election in 2014.

The Associated Press reports the first-term senator raised just over $2 million from July to September, close to matching what donors contributed in each of the two quarters before then.

In an announcement Tuesday, Franken's campaign said $1.8 million came from more than 37,000 donors in the last three months with nearly all of them donating less than $100. Politics in Minnesota reports about $230,000 was transferred from Franken's political action committee.

The senator currently has $3.9 million in the bank.

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GOP challenger Mike McFadden announced his fundraising tallies last week. The business executive raised $700,000 in the last quarter and has about $1.2 million on hand.

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